June 13, 2019

The Democratic National Committee has announced that 20 candidates have qualified for the party's first presidential debate.

Sen. Michael Bennet of Colorado

Former Vice President Joe Biden

Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey

South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg

Former Housing Secretary Julián Castro

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio

Former Rep. John Delaney of Maryland

Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York

Sen. Kamala Harris of California

Former Gov. John Hickenlooper of Colorado

Gov. Jay Inslee of Washington

Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota

Former Rep. Beto O'Rourke of Texas

Rep. Tim Ryan of Ohio

Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont

Rep. Eric Swalwell of California

Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts

Author Marianne Williamson

Entrepreneur Andrew Yang

The debate will take place over two nights - June 26 and 27 - in Miami. On Friday, the field will be divided into two groups of 10. To get there, the DNC will divide candidates into two tiers, those polling at or above 2%, and the remainder. Each group will be randomly split across the two nights.

NBC News, along MSNBC and Telemundo - two NBC owned networks - will host the two hour debates. There will be five moderators.

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